Miguel Brito
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Miguel Brito

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Machine Learning Engineer - Technical Writer-ish - Interested in Software Testing, Best Practices, Scalability, and Python.

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How to Compare Two Strings in Python (in 8 Easy Ways)

Nov 28, 202111 min read

Comparing strings is a fundamental task common to any programming language. When it comes to Python, there are several ways of doing it. The best one will always depend on the use case, but we can narrow them down to a few that best fit this goal. In...

How to Compare Two Strings in Python (in 8 Easy Ways)

Pylint: How to fix "c0209: formatting a regular string which could be a f-string (consider-using-f-string)"

Nov 14, 20213 min read

Some weeks I ago I faced this problem in one of my projects after upgrading pylint to 2.11. The error was along these lines: script.py:7:8: C0209: Formatting a regular string which could be a f-string (consider-using-f-string) At first it was confus...

Pylint: How to fix "c0209: formatting a regular string which could be a f-string (consider-using-f-string)"

Python pathlib Cookbook: 57+ Examples to Master It (2021)

Oct 31, 202129 min read

When I started learning Python, there was one thing I always had trouble with: dealing with paths! I remember the struggle to manipulate paths as strings using the os module. I was constantly looking up error messages related to improper path manipul...

Python pathlib Cookbook: 57+ Examples to Master It (2021)

How to Disable Autouse Fixtures in pytest

Oct 17, 20214 min read

pytest is a very robust framework that comes with lots of features. One such feature is the autouse fixtures, a.k.a xUnit setup on steroids. They are a special type of fixture that gets invoked automatically, and its main use case is to act as a set...

How to Disable Autouse Fixtures in pytest

15 Easy Ways to Trim a String in Python

Oct 3, 20218 min read

I'm not gonna lie. There are multiple ways you can trim a string in Python. But... the truth is, you don't need to know every one of them. In this article, you'll see only the most important techniques, such as stripping leading and trailing spaces (...

15 Easy Ways to Trim a String in Python

How to Choose Between isdigit(), isdecimal() and isnumeric() in Python

Sep 18, 20218 min read

In this post, you'll learn the subtle difference between str.isdigit, str.isdecimal, and str.isnumeric in Python 3 and how to choose the best one for the job. When processing strings, usually by reading them from some source, you might want to check ...

How to Choose Between isdigit(), isdecimal() and isnumeric() in Python